Unit 3

Question 1

session of congress (length)

Answer 1

two years

Question 2

off year election

Answer 2

non-presidential election, minority party normally gains seats

Question 3

gerrymandering

Answer 3

political district lines that have been drawn to favor one party over the other

Question 4

house member qualifications

Answer 4

25 years old, citizen for 7 years, resident of state they are elected from

Question 5

house member term

Answer 5

two years

Question 6

senate member term

Answer 6

six years

Question 7

senator qualifications

Answer 7

30 years old, citizen for 9 years, resident of state they are elected from

Question 8

costituents

Answer 8

eligible voters that elected members represent

Question 9

(option 1/4) trustee voting

Answer 9

based on merits, not party or constituents

Question 10

(option 2/4) delegate voting

Answer 10

based on constituents, not individual or party

Question 11

(option 3/4) partisan voting

Answer 11

based on party

Question 12

(option 4/4) politico voting

Answer 12

attempt to combine all options

Question 13

17th amendment

Answer 13

senators used to be chosen by state legislatures but now they are elected at large in their states (direct voting: public votes for candidate)

Question 14

senate vacancy

Answer 14

filled by government appointment or special election

Question 15

expressed powers

Answer 15

powers specifically stated

Question 16

necessary and proper clause

Answer 16

allows congress to create laws that they deem necessary and proper

Question 17

lower courts

Answer 17

established by congress

Question 18

war

Answer 18

declared by congress

Question 19

amendments must be ratified by

Answer 19

3/4 of state legislatures

Question 20

electoral duties of congress

Answer 20

house can elect the president if no one receives a majority of electoral votes, senate can decide the vice-president

Question 21

impeachement

Answer 21

house brings charges, senate tries

Question 22

speaker of the house

Answer 22

most important member, 2nd in line for the presidency

Question 23

bills are referred to standing committees by

Answer 23

speaker of the house

Question 24

floor leaders and majority leaders

Answer 24

control the order of business

Question 25

committee chairmen

Answer 25

do the bulk of committee work, chosen my the majority party

Question 26

party caucus

Answer 26

meeting of the members of each party in each house, when they pick the floor leaders and committee membership

Question 27

standing committees in the house

Answer 27

19

Question 28

standing committees in the senate

Answer 28

17

Question 29

house rules committee

Answer 29

must grant a rule before a bill can reach the floor, decide whether or not to kill it

Question 30

rider

Answer 30

a provision not likely to pass is attached to a measure certain to pass

Question 31

filibuster

Answer 31

attempt to talk a bill to death, even the threat can kill it, only allowed in the senate

Question 32

public bill

Answer 32

measures applying to the nation as a whole

Question 33

concurrent resolution

Answer 33

matters which both houses must act jointly and do not have the force of law, often used to state position on a matter

Question 34

conference committee

Answer 34

measures enacted must be identical in form between the two houses, temporary committee is called to compromise

Question 35

joint resolution

Answer 35

when they are passed they have the force of law, unusual and temporary

Question 36

when a bill has gone to the president, they can:

Answer 36

1. sign it and make it a law
2. veto it and send it back to congress
3. let it become a law w/o signing it (happens after 10 days)
4. pocket veto: if congress adjourns within 10 days and they haven’t signed it, the measure dies